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Chad junta leader to be sworn in as elected president

Chad's transitional incumbent president and presidential candidate for the party 'Coalition pour un Tchad Uni' General Mahamat Idriss Deby delivering his speech during the launch of his presidential campaign. [AFP]

General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, who has led Chad's junta for the last three years, is to be sworn in Thursday after an election victory hotly contested by opposition parties in the north-central African nation.

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